Snape's the Rescuer - Really?/Justice to Snape

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 170734

> Magpie:
> To an extent, yeah, but he's not killing him himself, is the 
point. Harry's
> keeping Sirius and Lupin from killing Peter is Harry showing 
something more
> positive, even though Harry, too, is sending Peter to the 
Dementors. I
> think when you have a character who is allegedly a criminal who's 
already
> guilty (as Snape thinks), bringing him to justice is fine. Though 
it's not
> really Sirius I'd be mostly think of here anyway. Snape's being 
shown
> lifting people onto stretchers and taking people to the Infirmary. 
I don't
> think it matters that one of them he considers a murderer who 
needs to be
> put back in jail for punishment and that he's binding and gagging 
that one.
> (And I think Snape's got other reasons for wanting Sirius gagged 
than
> thinking he's actually innocent.) As long as he's not taking the
> opportunity to torture or kill Sirius himself, the scene still 
reads like
> Snape taking care of people (as in taking care of business) in the 
scene.
> And I don't think we have any reason at this point to say that 
Snape knows
> he's innocent. It seems like one of the main things about Snape's 
arc in
> PoA is that he's focused on bringing Sirius the murderer in, and 
he's not
> having any doubts after the Shack. 


Alla:

Ah, but you see, sure, if Harry witnessed Snape putting them on 
stretchers, sure, I would have considered to be a positive moment of 
Snape character no matter how much I hate him.

But the thing is the fact that Snape stands near the Shack and 
listens to Lupin going on and on and on eradicates any doubt in my 
mind that kids safety was anywhere close to be Snape primary 
motivation in acting that night.

So, since I proceed under assumption that Snape main motivation was 
revenge and revenge only (and catching Sirius includes it of 
course), I see Snape taking care of kids as in putting them on 
stretchers as after thought, you know?

And no, I cannot be sure anymore that Snape's main modus opperandi 
was to bring murderer to justice. No way, not after HBP.

I believe that reread in light of HBP together with the possibility 
that Snape was standing there and listening a wee bit longer ( yes, 
yes, I know about the door) than we think and gagging Sirius and 
Peter being in his house may eventually reveal that he knew or at 
least had a reason to believe that Sirius was innocent.


And again, of course Harry is sending Peter to Dementors as well. 
Frankly, I do not like that much either. I mean, I consider it to be 
a great character moment for Harry and know that he is sending him 
to the punishment that he is aware of, but I just do not like 
Dementors.

I am wondering if Harry would suggest anybody to be send to 
Dementors at the end of book 7.

To give you  an idea how much I cannot stand Dementors - I am happy 
to see any punishment to Snape, I still do not want him to be sent 
to Dementors or to send him to Azkaban with Dementors as guards.

I think they will not be there at the end though, I speculate.



JMO,

Alla